Against Great Odds by Louise Chunn
Cornell Alumni News, 07/1982

Many Cornellians of a decade ago remember Ken Kunken '72. In 1970 he broke his neck making an openfield tackle in the fourth game of the season for the Cornell 150-pound football team, and was left totally paralyzed from the neck down.
When ten months of hospitalization and therapy restored slight muscle movement in one arm, Kunken returned to school, determined to earn the bachelor of engineering degree on which he was working when injured. To the amazement of his fellow students and teachers, he seemed undeterred by his handicap.
With a splint attached to the one arm, he could type slowly, manipulate eating utensils, and turn pages of a book. An attendant, with him at all times, moved him from bed to wheelchair and back, pushed the chair, and helped with items he needed. Eleven years and four college degrees later, Kunken is still remarkable in his determination. /full article/